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Truman’s “containment policy”
Watts riots
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1
Watts riots
all above
34 people died, almost 900 are injured & 4,000 arrested
six days of the riot
1967, the Kerner Commission did a study of riots &their causes
2
Truman’s “containment policy”
Cuba and China
France and Poland
Iran and Afghanistan
Greece and Turkey
3
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
question of de facto segregation
all above
Supreme Court supports busing plan
housing patterns
4
Truman’s “Fair Deal” extended to New Deal’s goals.
False
True
5
Which person passed the Civil Rights of 1964 & Voting Rights Act 1965
Truman
Eisenhower
Johnson
JFK
6
Why was Eisenhower worried about the “military-industrial complex?
none of them
Americans will fear that he is secretly going to war
He wanted a massive peacetime arms buildup but the US was not in a war
Congress didn't want to spend the money
7
Disabled Americans now have access to opportunities formerly denied to them.
True
False
8
Berlin Airlift
Stalin cut off West Berlin
West Berliners started to flee
Stalin cut off East Berlin
The French had a dispute about German zones
9
Gerrymandering includes white primaries?
True
False
10
What was the ouctome of the Korea War?
Korea won
It was divided along the 17th Parallel
Korea unified
It was a stalemate
11
Example of satellite nations
iron curtain
kulaks
part of NATO
debt to the World Bank
12
Why were some of "mom and pop" businesses declining in 1950s?
charge cards
Money for college
inflation
frachises
13
1950s roles for women
stay home
going to college
hippies
working
14
Which is not part of the Fair Deal
housing and farm assistance
increase power for Congress
national health insurance
minimum wage
15
Many poor people in the 1950s seemed to ‘blend in’ with the rest of society due to affordable clothing.
False
True
16
What did FDR, Churchill, and Stalin do at the Yalta Conference?
Keep the Soviet Union out of the war
Divide the defeated Germany into four sectors
Set up a world organization
Rearm Germany
17
The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) charged numerous Hollywood figures with
being sympathetic to communist ideas.
spying for the Soviet Union
bribing a Senator to get off
avoiding racism.
18
William Levitt
created unique houses
started of mass scale contruction
made overpriced houses
created housing in the cities
19
General MacArthur wanted to break the stalemate in the Korean War by pushing into
a second front by attacking South Korea.
North Korea and then attacking the Chinese mainland.
the Soivet Union
a second front by attacking Ukraine
20
Which person organized a boycott of grapes for the United Farm Workers?
Cesar Chavez
Ignacio Sanchez Majias
Ed Roberts
La Raza Unida
21
Lunch counter sit-ins
MLK Jr didn't attend
brought national attention
started by two college students
started in Georgia
22
The United States withdrew its aid for the Suez Canal because the Egyptian leader was trading with Czechoslovakia.
True
False
23
Tensions arose between the “Big Three”
The date when the USSR would relinquish control
War loans and repayment
What to do about postwar Eastern Europe
Hitler’s plans for Poland
24
Why did people in Hollywood get charged from the HUAC?
being sympathetic to communistic ideas
spying for the Soviet Union
being anti-Semitism
being racist
25
De jure
segregation included racial zoning and local law.
False
True
26
What was the main goal of the Japanese American Citizens League?
develop ethnic studies programs
reparations for being interned during WW II
develop ethnic studies programs
encourage voter registration
27
Taft-Hartley Act restricted union labor strikes if they threatened the national interest
True
False
28
“Disparate trends” in the 1950s: Several Americans fell into poverty & the end of segregation and racism.
True
False
29
John Lewis
was a Congressman from Georgia
led the Voting Rights in 1965
all above
Civil Rights leader of SNCC
30
Advertisements
TV spurred econmic growth
ruined radio
were for children education
new homes
31
Which of the following was NOT a major issue between US and SU postwar?
atomic weapons
West Berlin
Japan
communist governments in Eastern Europe
32
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
NAACP, led by Thurgood Marshall
class action lawsuit
all above
segregation violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment
33
Malcolm X
all above
Joined the Nation of Islam in 1952 to promote black nationalism
Converted to orthodox Islam in 1964 and reached out to people of all races
spokesman for The Hate That Hate Produced
34
Mao Zedong
First leader Chiang Kai-Shek was the leader of
US took over Taiwan
First leader of communist China
Japan took over the China
35
The goal of the Marshall Plan?
develop strong trading in Asia
to allow Eastern European to emigrate
create stable democracies that could resist communism
buy its way into European affairs
36
Black Panthers did not
observed streets with law books & interactions with police treatment
services for community like breakfast for children
all above
improved jobs, housing, and education
37
De facto
segregation includes restrictive covenants.
False
True
38
General Motors was the first United States corporation to earn more than $2 billion a year.
True
False
39
Joseph McCarthy’s demise was when he
accused 30 Congressman being sympathic to communism
went on TV in the Army-McCarthy hearings
accused George Marshall as a communist
gave a speech to the President on TV
40
The Equal Rights Amendment was not ratified.
False
True
41
Joseph McCarthy took advantage of the country in the early 1950s by claiming
Attacking colleges
there were in the White House
hacking US Army computers
Soviets in the State Department and US Army
42
The 14th Amendment prohibits the states from depriving “any person of life, liberty, or property, without due proces
True
False
43
The transistor reduced the size of appliances.
True
False
44
NATO
Lithuania was invented to join in 1949
military alliance formed in 1949 for colletive security
NATO is no longer needed
is to protect against West European aggression if needed
45
Eisenhower was able to avoid serving in World War II because he had health issues with his feet.
False
True
46
Betty Friedan and others formed NOW, which focused on legal reforms.
False
True
47
In Appalachia, the once dominant coal-industry declined after the war.
False
True
48
Who was responsible for the occupation of Alcatraz Island?
Disabled American
Latinos
American Indians
LGBT
49
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
race can be used in admissions but it can't be the only criteria
Supreme Court divided
all above
Bakke wins and is admitted
50
1950s roles for men except
corporate jobs
all above
makes the decisions at home
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